Family: Colleen Scarola has 'made great strides'

Estranged husband remains in jail

Colleen Scarola, the Burlington mother who was allegedly beaten with a baseball bat and assaulted by her estranged husband last fall, is "making strides," her family said in an email to WPTZ NewsChannel 5.

This week, portions of Scarola's skull that had to be removed in September were replaced, her brother-in-law, Justin Graham, said. Scarola was released from the hospital and is recovering at home.

Once she has healed, Scarola is expected to return to rehab. "We're hopeful her cognitive improvements will continue," Graham said.

"She still has a long road to recovery ahead of her, but she has already made great strides. She's extremely grateful, and honestly was somewhat floored, by all of the support she's received and also for her exceptional neurosurgeon and plastic surgeon and the staff at Fletcher Allen," Graham said. "They've been incredible."